Arizona Chickens

[Sock Puppet]

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I wouldnt mind getting a buff orp chick from you

Oh and since I dont want it to be by itself then I would need to get one of those Ameracaunas from you too

I like the really dark one

 

[H2OKarensa]

Well, the little turken didn't make it. So sad.
But I did go to the feed store and get some little buddies for him before he died so I still have some fuzzy little ones to play with. I'm actually thinking of going back for more this afternoon. I'm insane with chickens!

I let my 3 week old ducklings free range a bit yesterday between a kiddie pool and the surrounding area. The chickens were also out there. When the sun went down, the chickens went in the run and the ducks just followed them right in! I figured, it couldn't hurt to keep them together from now on.
So, I put their little ducky house and water and food down on the ground in the chicken run and the chickens have ignored them for the most part. This is great! I love my 2 little cayugas. They can't stand to be separated and that makes them extra cute.

 

[BellLisamo]

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I dont. My yard isnt fully fenced in, and we live right at the wash, so coyotes LOVE to come up here and see if ive left any out.

Happened once so i knew not to do that again.

I have a bunch of hens for sale if you wanna come look at them. And by BUNCH i mean like over 20

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

My barnevelder, that is supposed to be going to a new home, seems to be going broody on me? We don't have any roosters and I don't leave eggs on the nest, so this is catching me offguard. I had a phone call today about someone wanting to come see the hens I have for sale - he asked if there was anything wrong with them and of course, I said no. I then went outside and Lacy is still sitting on her nest - almost 7 hours now. I'm now afraid to sell her in this condition, cause they might consider her faulty.

I posted a question here;
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2109519#p2109519

but wanted to bring it up to the AZ residents also because of the heat factor. We have an open coop, but the nestboxes are still hotter than outside the coop. Would the heat (at this time year - May-early June) harm her if we found her some eggs and let her hatch them? My instinct says it is probably too hot, but I've never done this before.

 

[azelgin]

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I just had a GLW hatch out a half dozen chicks. We had a few days that got close to 90* while she was setting. That's pretty unusual for around here. It probably got to 85* in the coop. I watched her stand and raise off the eggs, while in the nest, I assume to keep the eggs from getting too warm. She looked pretty miserable panting and adjusting her stance. I suppose they know what they are doing, just looked a little hard on her.

 

[ArizonaNessa]

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I don't have roos and I have never hatched eggs or let my hens hatch but I would guess it would be hard on the hen cause it is awful hot in those boxes. When my black cochin went broody I just stuck one of my day olds under her and now she is right as rain. As soon as she realized there was a live baby....no more broody. 21+ days in a little hot box can't feel good to anyone not even a chicken. Just my thoughts and maybe they will help.

 

[H2OKarensa]

I know where you went! I went to the same place!
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[btrent94]

I too live in Arizona ..I just acquired chickens last month ... here is my game plan for the heat

- LOTS OF WATER .. im putting ice in mine every morning for cold water

- SHADE .. their coop and run both full of trees for shade

- THE FROZEN BOTTLES .. hope that helps alot

- This one is my own idea .. hope it works .... a solar fan with a wet rag over it every day ... like a swamp cooler here is the fan:

http://www.earthcasa.com/cgi/ecprodgen.pl?pn=SW690

.. this is just for the run as it will make the coop to humid ..

Hope it all works

 

[BellLisamo]

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ya wanna clue me in here?

 

[BellLisamo]

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oh! so its in sahuarite then?